Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls

Women's Double Sculls at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Krylatskoye Rowing Canal
Date	21–26 July 1980
Competitors	14 from 7 nations
Medalists
Yelena Khloptseva and Larisa Popova   Soviet Union Cornelia Linse and Heidi Westphal   East Germany Olga Homeghi and Valeria Răcilă   Romania
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The women's double sculls rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 21 to 26 July. ^[1]

Heats

Winner of each heat advanced to final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Heat One

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Yelena Khloptseva Larisa Popova	Soviet Union  (URS)	3:25.51
2	Olga Homeghi Valeria Răcilă	Romania  (ROM)	3:27.70
3	Cornelia Linse Heidi Westphal	East Germany  (GDR)	3:32.23
4	Svetla Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova	Bulgaria  (BUL)	3:37.86

Heat Two

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Hanna Jarkiewicz Janina Klucznik	Poland  (POL)	3:34.11
2	Sue Handscomb Astrid Ayling	Great Britain  (GBR)	3:39.27
3	Ilona Bata Klára Langhoffer-Pétervári	Hungary  (HUN)	3:44.33

Repechage

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Cornelia Linse Heidi Westphal	East Germany  (GDR)	3:20.49
2	Svetla Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova	Bulgaria  (BUL)	3:21.36
3	Olga Homeghi Valeria Răcilă	Romania  (ROM)	3:21.74
4	Ilona Bata Klára Langhoffer	Hungary  (HUN)	3:31.37
5	Sue Handscomb Astrid Ayling	Great Britain  (GBR)	3:33.32

Finals

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
	Yelena Khloptseva Larisa Popova	Soviet Union  (URS)	3:16.27
	Cornelia Linse Heidi Westphal	East Germany  (GDR)	3:17.63
	Olga Homeghi Valeria Răcilă	Romania  (ROM)	3:18.91
4	Svetla Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova	Bulgaria  (BUL)	3:23.14
5	Hanna Jarkiewicz Janina Klucznik	Poland  (POL)	3:27.25
6	Ilona Bata Klára Langhoffer	Hungary  (HUN)	3:35.70

References

1. "Rowing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2018.

Sources

• Fizkultura i sport (ed.). The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three (PDF). p. 116. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.